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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2008
Applicants:
Fuat E. Celik, Berkeley, CA (US);
Tae-jin Kim, Lafayette, CA (US);
Alexis T. Bell, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventors:
Fuat E. Celik, Berkeley, CA (US);
Tae-Jin Kim, Lafayette, CA (US);
Alexis T. Bell, Oakland, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 67/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for the production of lower alkyl alkoxyacetates, preferably methyl methoxyacetate, by reaction of a di-(lower alkoxy)methane, preferably dimethoxymethane, with the acid form of a medium-pore or large-pore zeolite catalyst, preferably the acid form of faujasite, ZSM-5, mordenite, or beta, in the gas phase at atmospheric or near-atmospheric pressures.